Andy Polaine
Vice President Dogsbody - the rise of misleading job titles
I just saw a job ad today for “Vice President of General Duties”. Vice President? So what are these general duties then? They must be pretty …
Writing & Thinking
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
Dog with flowers
] Saw this dog on some steps the other day. It looked like it was wearing flowers in its hair and posing. I couldn’t resist a photo.
The Void in Gaping Void - What to do when blogs become victims of their own success?
I’ve been having an interesting conversation with Euph recently in the comments of my previous post about the SoundPryer and it’s led me to ruminate …
3G Phones go Wi-Fi - so what's the future for mobile telcos?
Interesting to read this story from Wendy Grossman on Wired today about the British company, Cambridge Silicon Radio and their new Wi-Fi chip, UniFi, aimed at …
Fleabilly - the extraordinary in the ordinary
I have just written a new article for Desktop (Issue 200) about photographer, artist, compositor, Ray Lewis. The boyfriend of my lovely pal Rachel, he’s …
Connectivity, privacy, porn and the generational shift
I thought I’d post a new entry in response to the comment by Euph about not having any personal space any more with regards to the Sound Pryer post. So, …
Find out what the person next to you in traffic is nodding their head to...
Regine from ever fascinating and brilliantly titled We-Make-Money-Not-Art has just posted a story about the SoundPryer from the Interactive Institute in …
Boring 3D far from boring.
I’ve just been checking out Jimmy Maidens’s Boring 3D website which is far from boring and has some beautiful 3D “cartoons” I suppose …
Playpen renamed and rebuilt
I’ve just re-built the entire blog with MovableType now instead of Blogger and renamed it Playpen, which I felt was more apt and less pretentious than …
Amazon goes back in time
I just ordered and had an album delivered to my God-daughter via Amazon.co.uk. Everything went fine, as it usually does, but check out the order status - they …
COFA Annual (2004)
Interaction Direction and Producer for the Annual CD-ROM of over 320 collected student works for the College of Fine Arts, UNSW. This interface worked on …
The iMac G5, a simple wow.
Jeez Jonathan Ive and his team are amazing. The new G5 iMac is simply rocking. Nothing more to say until I get my hands on one. In the promo movie, Ive talks …
Designer fired for having an opinion about Bush
I just heard this story about a designer, Glen Hiller, from agency, Octavo Designs, being fired for heckling George W. Bush at a politcal rally. Apparently one …
Have fun with nuclear reactors
I just received this invite: Saturday, 21 August 2004 10:30am to 4pm New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights Have fun and learn about the fascinating world of …
I, Robot - a very short review
I finally saw I, Robot the other night wondering what Alex Proyas might have made of the famous Asimov story. I had the interesting experience of working …